Today’s Devotional – April 9th (The Two Turtledoves Constellation! Part 1: “The Two Flying Epistles”)
By admin On January 17th, 2021.
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Today’s Devotional – April 9th
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The Two Turtledoves Constellation!
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Part 1:
“The Two Flying Epistles”
TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL IS AN EXCERPT FROM THIS WEBSITE’S ARTICLE… “Two Turtle-Doves Constellation”
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“And He (Jesus) called unto Him the twelve,
and began to send them forth by two and two…
And they went out, and preached…”
Mark 6:7, 12
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Photo of two turtle-doves by Yuvair for Wikipedia – share-alike license, click here for link.
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TWO DOVES SYMBOLIZE WITNESSING
“And He (Jesus) called unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;” Mark 6:7
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This above verse from the Gospel of Mark presents this idea of the number “two” symbolizing witnessing (see “Mercury & The Image Of The Beast“).
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The painting shows Jesus sending out His Disciples, two-by-two, to proclaim the Gospel to anyone willing to listen.
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Brooklyn Museum – Jesus sends disciples out two by two – by James Tissot – US Public Domain
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“GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD”
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And capitalizing on the number “two”, God has created this Two Turtle-Doves Constellation, symbolizing God’s people, who are freed from death, so that they can carry the message of God’s love to fallen humanity (fallen humanity symbolized by the Flower of the Field Constellation. As this star chart shows).
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Since the number “two” is the number of “witness” in Scripture, then this constellation speaks of the “witness” of these “Two Turtle-Doves”.
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And speaking of sending messages, this “Two Turtle-Doves Constellation” is definitely sending us a very vital message from God! “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
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“TWO” = “ME & HOLY SPIRIT”
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These Two Turtle-Doves have a greater meaning, when we really get down to the core message of the number, “Two”.
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That is, the only true witness for Christ there can be is when “my witnessing” is empowered by the Holy Spirit. If I try to witness without God’s Spirit, there is no genuine witness. Nothing good can ever hope to be achieved.
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Listen… “For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” James 1:7, 8.
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Yes, a double-minded Christian is in no condition to witness. That man (or woman) needs to be thoroughly reformed: completely changed by the infilling of the Holy Spirit.
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And so, these Two Turtle-Doves symbolize the real true witness, “the Believer & the Holy Spirit”, as they go through life together, witnessing at all times, and in every situation of life!
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LIVING EPISTLES
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And thus it is with this entire “Summer Constellation” Group.
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As the Disciples followed Jesus, they preached the Good News in every city. And it seems that God has given us this constellation group to remind us to do the same: to preach the Gospel to a world covered in “gross darkness”. (See Isaiah 60:1, 2).
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And we in this affluent society, can financially support various faithful Gospel ministries, here, and abroad.
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NUMBER 2 & 2ND COMMANDMENT
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But there is even a further aspect to the number 2.
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After all, the 2nd Commandment is all about images. And every true worshiper of God is to spend his or her life seeking to be transformed into the image of Christ. And this is the true witness, as we are a book, known and read of all those around us. In other words, if the Believer has truly become changed into the glorious image of Christ, then his or her likeness to Jesus will become a witness in itself!
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Listen…“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,
but rather reprove them…
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light:
for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.”
Ephesians 5:11, 13
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And so, here is the true witness to a world lost and groping in the darkness of sin and unbelief: the light of Christ!
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Transfiguration – Bloch – cropped – Wikimedia Commons – US Public-Domain
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“KNOWN & READ OF ALL…”
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And even though the Gospel has been heavily preached right here in our land, there is much we can do right in our own home, neighborhood and town.
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Yes, even though our fellow town’s people have heard about Jesus, they nevertheless need to SEE Jesus.
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And that’s what this society needs now: for us to purify our hearts that we will be more and more a “living epistle, known and read of all Mankind” (2nd Corinthians 3).
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And so, by so-doing, our transformed lives will be a living testimony which proclaims to all, “that God is in you of a truth.” 1st Corinthians 14:25
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Mall witnessing, Panama City, Panama
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GOD’S LAST CALL
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Therefore, these Two Turtle-Doves are a sign of witnessing to a lost and dying world.
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And it may just be that these Two Turtle-Doves are a sign of God’s last message to the world!
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Yes, the Bible says…
“And there shall be signs in the sun,
and in the moon, and in the stars;
and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;
the sea and the waves roaring;
Men’s hearts failing them for fear,
and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:
for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”
Luke 21:25-27.
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And so, if these signs are a fulfillment of Luke’s prophecy, then this Two Turtle-Doves Constellation is a symbol of God’s last message of mercy to this world!
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ABOVE PICTURE: summer constellations with Two Turtledoves
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TO READ PART 2, CLICK HERE…
April 29th . . . . Two Turtledoves Constellation! Part 2: “Mourning Doves & Us”
ABOVE STAR-CHART (with doves drawn in by this website: Summer Constellation – Two Turtledoves (aka: Sagittarius) – Wikipedia Star-chart
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Let my life be a living epistle, which tells the Gospel of Jesus…
Praying Hands – Otto Greiner – Wikimedia – .bassenge.com – Cropped image – Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…April 11 (Two Turtledoves Constellation! Part 3: “Forsaking All to Follow Jesus!”), or you may also read… “Two Turtle-Doves Constellation”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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LOCATING THIS CONSTELLATION
THE TWO TURTLE-DOVES CONSTELLATION… This constellation appears in early spring in the south. It moves from east to west during the night and slowly moves to the western horizon by fall. It is commonly known as Sagittarius. (The three stars at the top of the 2nd Turtle-dove are not shown in some Sagittarius Star-charts, but are in others.)
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Sagittarius Constellation star-chart from a wikipedia. Editor of this site has sketched in the Turtle-Doves. Star-chart is under Share-alike license
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FLOWER OF THE FIELD AND TWO TURTLEDOVES CONSTELLATIONS: These two constellations in the above sketch are the Two Turtledoves Constellation and the Flower of the Field Constellation. They appear in the southern skies, moving from east to west. They are best seen from spring through fall. This sketch is how they appear in the spring in the northern latitudes. In the southern latitudes they are more tilted. As they move through the night sky, the flower appears to bend down.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Two Turtle-Doves Constellation”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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TOMORROW…
“April 10th (The Abomination of Desolation, Part 1)”
ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who now in these last days destroys the churches via a world-loving prosperity-driven false gospel – www.signsofheaven.org
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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain